Spanish Reconquest or just Reconquest (Spanish: Reconquista) is a period of Chilean history that started in 1814 with the royalist victory at the Battle of Rancagua and ended in 1817 with the patriot victory at the Battle of Chacabuco. During this time the supporters of the Spanish Empire restored their control over Chile, while the patriots tried to spread the independentist ideas among the people, mainly through the guerrilla of Manuel Rodríguez Erdoiza. Authors such as the Chileans Julio Heise and Jaime Eyzaguirre prefer to call the period Absolutist Restoration, considering it merely the return to power of the royalists.

Captaincy General of Chile
Capitanía General de Chile
Reconquest
Reconquista
1814–1817
Location of Chile
CapitalSantiago de Chile
Common languagesSpanish
Indigenous languages (Quechuan languages, Aymara, Mapudungun, Kawésqar, Yaghan)
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• 1814-1817
Ferdinand VII
Royal Governor 
• 1814-1815
Mariano Osorio
• 1815-1817
Francisco Marcó del Pont
History 
October 2 1814
February 12 1817
ISO 3166 codeCL
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Patria Vieja
Patria Nueva

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